9 OCT, 2005 - 1030 CDT
At the risk of further stirring the pot on the issue of non-ham use
of
WinLink 2000 on amateur frequencies, I have appended below a message from
one of my ham friends. In his message, he references the Ocean
Navigator
web site he pointed out to me earlier. This URL is what he wanted
me to
read:
http://www.oceannavigator.com/site/csrv/content.asp?id=469
However, when he made some inquiries, he subsequently discovered he
no
longer has access to this web site. I just tried this URL and it
still
works for me. But I wonder how long my access will
remain.
For this reason, I am posting this message to only the OD
reflector.
73 - Dick, W9GIG
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To: "Isely, Dick" <dick@pobox.com>
Subject: "Ocean Navigator"
Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 04:43:49 -0500
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Dick:
This is for information and you need not bother to respond unless you
know something about this. I sent you a link to an article in a
magazine called "Ocean Navigator". It was
suggesting that Yachtsmen purchase marine radios that were also capable
of operating on Amateur Radio Frequencies. It also hinted at the
use of Amateur Radio as a ISP for downloading Internet
mail and accessing the Internet. Also was some mention of modifying
amateur Radio gear for use on the marine service. It did state that
this was not legal but also pointed out that the FCC does not do dockside
radio
inspections any more.
I forwarded this to you but forgot to include the link and then resent it
with the link. I also posted the link on QRZ. Quickly Chip
N1NR who apparently is connected with QRZ posted a message that he had
removed the
link and hinted that I was trying to promote illegal radio
modifications.
I now can no longer access the link to the article or the main web site
for "Ocean Navigator" magazine. Until this point I did
not know that Chip had
any connection with QRZ.com. Being unable to access the magazine
web site,
I am unable to determine what, if any connection Chip has with the
magazine
or if he wrote the magazine article. I can't remember if Chip had
something to do with CQ at one time.
Chip became very defensive when another person mentioned him having a
possible interest in using Amateur Radio as an Internet access, and he
apparently had enough clout with the magazine to shut down the link and
shut down it's web site or at least block me out of it. I wonder if he
has connections with Winlink.
I am concerned with the use of the Amateur Radio Bands as a Internet
access medium and that it will be used for all kinds of non-amateur and
even
business exchanges. I am also concerned that QSOs will be
interfered with
by automatically controlled systems that will appear and take the
frequency over.
I have been hearing rumors that the Yachting industry was wanting to use
amateur Radio for non-amateur related commerce but I dismissed this as
one
of the many rumors we hear daily. However, this magazine article
and Chip's reaction to the link being posted make me wonder. While
I am not ready to believe that some Directors are in an outright
conspiracy to forward this agenda, I can't help but wonder about the
agenda of those who are promoting Winlink to the BOD.
Here is the link to the magazine website that probably is inoperative,
"Ocean Navigator"
http://www.oceannavigator.com
Here is the link to the article
http://www.oceannavigator.com/site/csrv/content.asp?id=469
<SNIP>